I posted a question the other day asking how normal mode would vary from hard.
Can't lie, while it's obviously frustrating to have to start again, I am impressed with normal mode. Battles only cost 15 creds and feats significantly different from what I've seen for hard mode (sector 1&2).
However Credit where credit is due... Unless of course these are also bugs!!
My only gripe was that razorcrest shards were 600 crystals for 5 shards. My suggestion would be that those players willing to spend 600 crystals for so little return probably already have it at max.